Shortchanged
life and debt in the fringe economy
Karger, Howard Jacob
1948-
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ebrary, Inc
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Electronic books.
cau
San Francisco, Calif
Berkeley, Calif
Berrett-Koehler
Publishers Group West [distributor]
c2005
2005
1st ed.
monographic
eng
xx, 252 p. : ill.
pt. I. Overview of the fringe economy -- 1. America's changing fringe economy -- 2. Why the fringe economy is growing -- 3. Debt and the functionally poor middle class -- pt. II. The fringe sectors -- 4. The credit card industry -- 5. Storefront loans : pawnshops, payday loans, and tax refund lenders -- 6. Alternative services : check-cashers, the rent-to-own industry, and telecommunications -- 7. Fringe housing -- 8. Real estate speculation and foreclosure -- 9. The fringe auto industry -- 10. The getting-out-of-debt industry -- pt. III. Looking forward -- 11. What can be done to control the fringe economy? -- Glossary.
Howard Karger.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-236) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Poor
United States
Working class
United States
Economic conditions
Informal sector (Economics)
United States
Financial services industry
United States
Debt
United States
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